Uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader by running the bundled uninstaller app, or locate the following file and remove it to uninstall the Acrobat browser plugin: There’s little reason to have Reader installed on a Mac anyway, Mac OS X includes Preview for viewing PDF’s. Open the App Store and download available updates to apps and anything else as wellģ) Disable or Remove Adobe Acrobat ReaderĪdobe Acrobat Reader has had multiple security breaches recently, therefore you’ll be safer without it in your web browser.
Launch the “Java Preferences” application.Open the Applications folder and then open the Utilities folder.Click on the “Security” tab and uncheck the box next to “Enable Java”ĭisabling Java in the Safari browser is reasonably effective, but why not go a step further and disable it in Mac OS X completely? Chances are high that you won’t miss it, let alone notice it’s disabled.Open Safari and pull down the Safari menu, selecting “Preferences”.Otherwise you can disable it manually too. You can read how to uninstall Java from Mac here if you don’t use java at all on the computer. Frankly, the average person doesn’t need Java installed on their Mac let alone active in their web browser, disable it and you don’t have to worry about security holes in older versions of the software impacting your Mac.
Apple has already released several updates to patch the Java security holes that allowed Flashback to spread (you should install those), but you can also go a step further and completely disable Java on the Mac. Without further ado, here are eight simple ways to secure a Mac to help prevent viruses, trojans, and malware from effecting you:įlashback and other malware has installed through Java security breaches.
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